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BUSINESS TODAY: July
2005 to December 2005
 December
18
India's
Only Real VCs
WestBridge Capital Partners' Sumir Chadha and
K. P. Balaraj are the only India-focussed venture
investors to be still betting big money on start-ups.
So, what do they know that others don't?
 December
4
The
Birth Of A Listing
13 years after its creation, the higher echelons of the
BT 500 now feature companies from sectors as
varied as steel, automotive, banks, organized retail,
biotech, pharmaceuticals, software, consumer
products, media and entertainment, even two airlines.
Now, it gets interesting.
 November
20
The
Best Companies
To Work For
In India, 2005
A BT-Mercer-TNS study.
 November
6
20
Companies To Watch In 2006
For four years, Business Today has been tracking promise
and potential in a very tangible way, through a listing of
20 companies that merit watching. The list of 20 is arrived
at after several rounds of validation by venture capitalists,
execs at private equity firms, headhunters and CEOs.
 October
23
The
Penny Stock Scandal
They're either awash in red, or have consistently recorded
huge drops in profits, or have little to show by way of
operations. Yet many of these stocks have zoomed ahead
by 500-1,000 per cent in the current bull run, with some even commanding
valuations in four-figure territory.
 October
9
Tata's
Rs 1-lakh Car
Beating incredible odds, Ratan Tata's Tata Motors has
not just built running prototypes of the ultra low-priced car
but geared up for a 2008 launch. An inside look into the
automotive revolution it could unleash.
 September
25
Dial
D For Diversification
Ten years into the mobile-telephony era,
India's most successful telecom entrepreneur,
Sunil Mittal is looking at ambitious plays in
insurance, agriculture and airport infrastructure.
 September
11
Dotcoms
That Clicked
Ten years after the beginning of the internet
age, a clutch of dotcoms, some old, some
relatively new, hold forth the promise of a
second coming.
 August
28
India
Inc. At Sea
A buoyant corporate India discovers just how much of a
dampener poor urban infrastructure can be. Mumbai,
where India Inc. lost some Rs 20,000 crore, today.
Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, or Hyderabad tomorrow.
 August
14
M&M’s
New World
By acquiring China’s Jiangling, M&M has emerged the
world’s fourth largest tractor maker. If tractors are
boring, Vice Chairman Anand Mahindra has global
plans for his SUV business too.
 July 31
The
Great Gambler
In 10 days, Chairman Venugopal Dhoot has transformed
Videocon from a Rs 7,200 crore Indian company to a
Rs 17,500 crore global one without spending a rupee.
That was the easy part.
 July 17
The
Organisation Man
At 38, Kumar Mangalam Birla has already done more than
what most others get to do in a lifetime. He's transformed
a hidebound conglomerate into a modern commodities
giant that's globally competitive. How did he do it?
By not acting his age..
 July 3
Skyrocketing
Salaries
It's celebration time for salaried professionals
with salaries nudging the magical Rs 1-crore-
a-year mark. The good news: things can
only get better.
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